Texans on the road the week with da Raidaaas

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Thomas Eric Hilton

1972-2008

Cowboys fans…….the Texans will be playing the 2025 Dallas Cowboys this week. Oh yes, delusional, paranoid, still trying to coach the team with one foot in the grave……just like Al Davis, will be Jerra Jones. Jerry thinks himself a GM, head coach, you already know when you take the Cowboy job, your sharing an office with Jerra. Just like in Oakland……this is your future Cowboys. Hell by 2025, Jerra’s skin should be stretched so tight his temples will be touching on the back of his head.

Ok, now that I got my totally unwarranted, uncalled for cheap shot in on Looper Lampza’s (Cowboy Bill AKA Texans season ticket holder) team. I will now get on to the game matches ups. I’m sure the wrath of Cowboy shall be unleashed!

First off I’m picking the Texans to beat the struggling Raiders. No big deal, the Texans should be favored by most the “experts” but this “expert” (I said that for your enjoyment Lonzie) likes the match up with the Raiders defense because of their tendency to play man to man. I think the Texans will have the opportunity for big plays in this game. Oakland as a big defensive line that can holds up better against power running teams rather, than teams that move the LOS and look for creases like the Texans. They aren’t very fast along that D-line.

Offensively the Raiders will continue to struggle to offset the immaturity and inaccuracy of QB Russell, with out solid rushing attack. The running game has also been held in check by the off-season failures of Javon Walker who if healthy would have been a threat to help keep teams honest. Now they rely on Denver cast off Ashlie Lelie, as their primary deep threat, but he is questionable for the Texans game.

How bad is the Oakland offense? Their top pass catcher is TE Zach Miller with 50 catches 674 yards and 1 TD. The Raiders once vaunted “vertical” offensive pass threat have no wide outs with over 19 catches (Ronald Curry), the offense has scored just 9 passing touchdowns and 7 rushing.

All of this just adds up to what should be an easy win for the Texans, but the Texans don’t have easy wins. So how does this team keep the Raiders in the game this week? A loss would devastate all the good Texans have done climbing up off the matt to get to a 7-7 record with 2 to go. A convincing win, proves this team continues to mature, a close win this week means that they haven’t gotten past the turnover bug and shooting themselves in the foot just yet.

The floor is yours Texans fans call your shots, tell me what you think about the game. As always I welcome any of your questions on the game or football in general!